Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marko Rauhamaa Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: 3 Suggestions to Make Python Easier For Children Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 11:03:37 +0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 10 Message-ID: <87mwbnmi7a.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> References: <7ef67ccc-3fc3-47dd-b858-09ef3b57a497@googlegroups.com> <87r40zmkhr.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ff5cf27ef3d5b31f034d3b72bdc27a41"; logging-data="6871"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+7FeKtM58Zl7SrlR1AOZhv" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:kXrQevzM77Kvh0OtCMEhxqYniZU= sha1:94L3LdslEqJadRfN6GEbsxeecL0= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:75526 Mark Summerfield : > object() returns a minimal featureless object with no dictionary (no > __dict__ attribute). This makes sense for efficiency since not all > objects need a dictionary. __setattr__ could create __dict__ belatedly. Marko